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A version of this article appears in print on June 21, 2025, Section A, Page 16 of the New York edition with the headline: Maps Might Be Lost as Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys.

The state of Alabama is appealing a federal court ruling from earlier in the year that struck down its 2023 congressional map.